{"id":64186,"date":"2024-02-26T00:28:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T05:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=64186"},"modified":"2024-02-26T00:28:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T05:28:56","slug":"strong-storms-ahead-of-a-temp-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=64186","title":{"rendered":"Strong Storms Ahead of a Temp Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday, everyone. Very mild air continues to surge into the region today and brings showers and storms along for the ride, and some of the storms may be strong. This is ahead of a powerful cold front moving across the state with a MAJOR temp crash on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with today and roll ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Temps surge into the 60s with a 70 possible depending on where you are. Winds will be gusty from the southwest and may hit 30-35mph at times, especially late.<\/p>\n<p>Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms will be around and may increase as we head into the evening and overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Here are your radars to follow any storms out there today\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/builder.zoomradar.net\/zoomradar_weather_map\/weather_page.php?key=dlFZs5IY4VCw7bK\" width=\"560\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"seamless\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/radar-large.asp?partner=netweather&amp;traveler=0&amp;site=KY_&amp;type=SIR&amp;anim=1&amp;level=state&amp;large=1#\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" alt=\"\" usemap=\"#largemap\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scattered showers and storms continue on Tuesday with VERY gusty winds that can top 40mph at times. Highs range from the middle 60s to lower 70s.<\/p>\n<p>As the cold front approaches Tuesday night and early Wednesday, a line of showers and strong storms will develop to our west and race across the state.<\/p>\n<p>The greatest risk for severe thunderstorms is to our west, but a lower end severe storms risk gets into areas of western and central Kentucky late Tuesday and Tuesday night. Here&#8217;s the Severe Weather Outlook from the Storm Prediction Center&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody2.png?1708881557\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here are the individual severe weather risks for this same time period&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody2_WIND.png?1708881799\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody2_HAIL.png?1708881853\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody2_TORN.png?1708881674\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the faster arriving front, the severe threat on Wednesday is greatly diminished&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody3.png?1708850180\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wind gusts through Wednesday are way up there on many of the models with some peaking at 50mph or better&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GFS-15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64191\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GFS-15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GFS-15.png 970w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GFS-15-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GFS-15-768x598.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the faster arriving front, this thing is going to do a number on your Wednesday temps. A 30 degree temp drop is likely in just a few hours once the front sweeps through. This temp animation from the NAM goes from 7am through 7pm Wednesday. Watch how fast the 30s replace the 60s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NAM-11.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64189\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NAM-11.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s pretty incredible, but the wind chill numbers are even crazier. Check out the wind chill numbers for the same time period&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NAM-2-1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64188\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NAM-2-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can we get a brief period of sleet and some snow as the cold crashes in? That&#8217;s possible&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GFS-33.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64192\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GFS-33.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll have another update later today so check back. Have a good one and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday, everyone. Very mild air continues to surge into the region today and brings showers and storms along for the ride, and some of the storms may be strong. This is ahead of a powerful cold front moving across the state with a MAJOR temp crash on Wednesday. Let&#8217;s start with today and roll [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64186"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64194,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64186\/revisions\/64194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}